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Escalation / Destabilization Conflict
In shark-infested waters, resolve of two giants is tested
SENKAKU/DIAOYU ISLANDS – The voyage to these remote islands at the center of one of Asia’s most heated territorial disputes is a bone-jarring seven-hour boat ride from one of Japan’s southernmost ports, a long enough journey that the fishermen who… Read More ›
China government’s hand seen in anti-Japan protests : U.S. Ambassador to China footage
The last week’s anti-Japan demonstrations in China have been a spectacular display of just how easily the ruling Communist Party can harness the power of protest. In the aftermath of nationwide protests, in which mobs trashed Japanese-owned businesses and set… Read More ›
Territorial row is a ticking time bomb for Asia
Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 By MICHAEL RICHARDSON SINGAPORE — As the struggle to control disputed islands and valuable offshore resources has intensified in the East and South China Seas over the past few years, the United States has said… Read More ›
Economic crisis fuels Separatist movement in Spain ” The EU says an independent Catalonia seceded it would have to reapply for membership of the bloc.
Thursday, 20 September 2012 Spain’s economic crisis is exposing deep regional fault lines. Among Catalans on Barcelona’s boulevards the talk is of independence, and Madrid is worried. This week the king and prime minister called… Read More ›
Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 China’s most powerful military leader, in an unusual public statement, last week ordered military forces to prepare for combat, as Chinese warships deployed to waters near disputed islands and anti-Japan protests throughout the country turned violent…. Read More ›
Chinese miss Japan Open as diplomatic row rages
By Ossian Shine | Reuters – Tue, Sep 18, 2012 (Reuters) – China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week’s Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening… Read More ›
Invasion. Genocide. An utter lack of remorse. and why there could be a terrifying new war between Japan and China
!!! Engineering Evil Statement: I am only posting articles that bring attention to the seriousness of this escalation. Which this crisis is currently being played down by most western diplomats. They are not my views… By Max Hastings PUBLISHED:19:02 EST, 19 September 2012| UPDATED:19:02 EST,… Read More ›
Japan-related book publishing ‘banned’ in Beijing
By HIROKO NAKATA Staff writer Intensifying political tensions have begun to affect a wider range of Japan-related businesses in China through an apparent ban on book publishing in Beijing that may spread to other areas, Japanese publishing sources said Wednesday…. Read More ›
Revealed: Ringleader behind ‘al-Qaeda attack that killed U.S. ambassador was former Guantanamo inmate handed over to Libya by America’
Sufyan Ben Qumu was classified as a ‘medium to high’ national security risk before his release from American custody Qumu reportedly was Osama bin Laden’s driver and worked for the al-Qaeda founder’s company in Sudan Libyans promised to keep him… Read More ›
State newspaper China Daily: That open war with Japan should be a last resort
China to cripple Japan with financial war over isles row? Published: 19 September, 2012, 15:19 A Chinese demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against Japan’s “nationalizing” of Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku in Japan, in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang… Read More ›
French magazine publishes naked Prophet Mohammed cartoons
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:41 EDT Topics: charlie hebdo ♦ laurent fabius ♦ Prophet Mohammed cartoons A French satirical magazine published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Wednesday, a move that could further inflame tensions after violent… Read More ›
Cyberattacks originating from China hit Japan in island controversy: police
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 8:15 EDT Topics: china ♦ national police agency ♦ NPA At least 19 Japanese websites, including those of a government ministry, courts and a hospital, have come under cyberattack, apparently from China, police… Read More ›
American ambassador’s car attacked in China
Anti-Japanese demonstrators in China attacked the car of the US ambassador to the country. The diplomat is unhurt, though the car has been slightly damaged. Over 50 Chinese activists protesting against Japanese claims over the Diaoyu Islands — known… Read More ›
USAid ordered out of Moscow as Putin’s protest crackdown continues
American agency for international development has until 1 October to shut its office in Moscow Miriam Elder in Moscow and Chris McGreal in Washingtn guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 18 September 2012 16.43 EDT Vladimir Putin has drawn on stereotypes and conspiracy theories to… Read More ›
Senkaku / Diaoyu Island Dispute Intensifies. China and Japan both claiming provocation
Anti-Japan protests reignite across China on occupation anniversary By Ben Blanchard and Antoni Slodkowski | Reuters – 3 hrs ago BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Anti-Japan protests reignited across China on Tuesday, the sensitive anniversary marking Tokyo’s occupation of its giant neighbor,… Read More ›
Debt crisis: central bank action is work of the devil, says Germany’s Jens Weidmann
The head of Germany’s Bundesbank has raised eyebrows across Europe after he appeared to compare Mario Draghi’s bond buying programme with the “devil’s work”. Jens Weidmann said that efforts by central banks to pump money into the economy reminded him… Read More ›
Beijing hints at bond attack on Japan
A senior advisor to the Chinese government has called for an attack on the Japanese bond market to precipitate a funding crisis and bring the country to its knees, unless Tokyo reverses its decision to nationalise the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands… Read More ›
Flame cyber virus linked to more malware: report
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 17, 2012 16:29 EDT Topics: iran ♦ Kaspersky Lab WASHINGTON — The Flame virus believed to be part of a cyberwarfare effort against Iran was developed as early as 2006 and is linked to at… Read More ›
Brief History of The Islands in Dispute between China and Japan: Islands Just sold for 26 Million
October Surprise: 2012 Sino-Japanese War Edition A chain of islands with a land area just a little more than 10% that of Manhattan is causing big trouble in East Asia. The Senkaku Islands are a persistent thorn in Sino-Japanese relations,… Read More ›
U.S. military suspends joint patrols with Afghans ” our allies — have turned their guns on NATO forces 36 times this year, killing 51, most of them Americans”
(CBS News) The strategy for getting U.S. forces out of Afghanistan depends on training Afghan soldiers and police to protect the country themselves, but on Monday the U.S. military suspended most joint field operations with Afghan forces because so many… Read More ›
US wades into China-Japan island dispute with missile defense deal
Published: 17 September, 2012, 13:32 Edited: 17 September, 2012, 16:44 A territorial dispute between China and Japan could spark a “violent conflict,” US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. The US also inked a missile defense deal with Tokyo likely to… Read More ›
Japan firms close Chinese plants after protests
By Agence France-Presse Monday, September 17, 2012 7:05 EDT Topics: china ♦ japan ♦ plants Japanese firms including Panasonic suspended operations at plants in China, companies and reports said Monday, after mass anti-Tokyo protests at the weekend over disputed islands… Read More ›
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